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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM W. BAINBRIDGE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW'YORK.

CARD-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,076, dated June 6, 1882.

Application filed May 2, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. BAIN- BRIDGE, of the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented a certain new and Improved Gard-Case, of which the following is a specification.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a casein which cards ordinarily sold by stationers may be displayed in an attract ive manner for sale "and conveniently carried by the purchaser, and which may be made so cheaply that it may be given away by the dealer with each purchase.

The invention consists in the combination, in a card-case, of a body having the bottom, back, and ends rigidly connected together, leaving the top and front open, and a cover, which is hinged to the back, so that it may be turned up to expose the contents or turned down over the'open top and front, and which is provided with a closing flap overlapping the bottom of the body, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 represents a perspective view of my improved case with the cover raised. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the case closed and turned upside down, and Fig. 3 represents a transverse section of the ease with the cover raised.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

The body of the case is composed of the bottom A, the back B, and the two ends 0, all of which parts are rigidly connected together, leaving the top and-front open, and said bottom, back, and ends may all be composed ofa single piece of stout paper-board or strawboard creased and folded at the proper points, or of any other suitable material.

To the upper edge of the back B is hinged a cover which comprises a top, D, a front, E, and a flap, F. This cover is creased or bent at a b, so that when turned down the parts D E will readily adapt themselves to the open top and front of the body, while the flap F will lap over the bottom A, where it may be secured by a tape or string tied around the ease, by a rubber band surrounding the case, or by any other suitable fastening device. The device here represented consists of a button, 0, upon the bottom A, and under the head of which the end of thefiapFmaybe inserted,as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

The cover may be formed integral with a piece, D, which covers the bottom and back of the body, as clearly seen in Fig. 3, and is secured thereto by adhesive substance.

The piece D, including the eover,may be made of A paperboard or other suitable material thinner than the material from which the body is made, and upon the outside of the piece D is pasted or secured a thin covering, d, (represented by a single black line in Fig. 3,) and consisting of enameled or other ornamental paper or other material.

The case made as-above described will present a very neat and attractive appearance, and itcan be made principally of the scraps or wastelel't in themanufaeture of paper boxes, and can therefore be supplied to stationers and others at a very low price, so low indeed, that card-dealers or stationers can .afford to give cards to each purchaser in such a case.

This constructionis also desirable, because it gives the stationer or dealer an opportunity to print an advertisement or business card upon theinner surface of the top D,where it will be prominent when the case is open, but will not disfigure the exterior of the case.-

Gard-cases of this kind can be kept open in store show-cases, so as to exhibit the contents both on top and at the front, and when sold the cover is closed and fastened, and the case will fully protect the cards while being carried.

Although my invention is particularly applicable to card-cases which are to be given away with cards purchased, card-cases embodying the invention may be carried in the pocket for holding visiting-cards, and similar cases may be used for cards ofjewelry.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a card-case, the combination, with the body, having the bottom, back, and sides rigidly connected togther, and open at the top and front, of the cover composed of the top D, front E, and flap F, and creased at a and b, and hinged to the back so that it may be turned up to expose the contents or turned down over the open top and front and made to lap the bottom of the body, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

WM. W. BAINBRIDGE.

Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, ED. MORAN. 

